Bowmen of Rutland

Indoor Club Championships 2005.

On Sunday 12th March we held our annual Indoor Club Championships at Casterton Community College. This proved to be a very successful afternoon with over thirty club members taking part. Members of the club shot recurve, compound or longbow. The Lord and Lady Paramount for the shoot were former club members Mary and Paul Sproson. The round shot was a Portsmouth, which is 5 dozen arrows shot at a 60 cm target face at a distance of 20 yards. The judge for the shoot was club member Pam Tonkin, Pam is a very experienced judge being a National Judge.

After the shoot a buffet tea was enjoyed and the Lord and Lady Paramount presented the awards. A raffle was also held, many thanks to Margaret Pollard who sold the tickets, the proceeds from the raffle will go into the club's development fund.

The Ladies Recurve winner was Susan Custance with a score of 547, 60 hits and 21 golds, Julie Gregg was in second place with 516, 60 hits and 15 golds and Fiona Parker was in third place with 504, 60 hits and 15 golds. The Ladies Longbow winner was Chrissie Mortlock with a score of 397, 60 hits and 5 golds.

The Ladies Compound winner was Wendy Skinner with a score of 562, 60 hits and 25 golds, Jane Lark was in second place with 558, 60 hits and 22 golds and Jean Asher was in third place with 539, 60 hits and 8 golds.

The Gents Recurve was very close with just 3 points between the first three places, the winner was Graham Jones with a score of 561, 60 hits and 29 golds, Steve Cooley was in second place with 559, 60 hits and 27 golds and Paul Wallace was in third place with 558, 60 hits and 28 golds. The Gents Longbow trophy was not awarded this year as Steve Brown retired after 2 1/4 dozen.

In the Gents Compound the winner was Alan Davies with a score of 550, 60 hits and 20 golds, Michael Lark was in second place with 547, 60 hits and 9 golds and Dick Mundy was in third place with 527, 60 hits and 5 golds.

The Junior Ladies Recurve winner was Alexandria Davies with a score of 379, 57 hits and 4 golds. The Junior Ladies Compound winner was Kirsty Davies with a score of 447, 60 hits and 3 golds. In the Junior Gents Recurve James Mortlock was the winner with 550, 60 hits and 21 golds, Alex Asher was second with 346, 60 hits and 2 golds and in third place was Jack Pollard with 163, 30 hits and no golds. The Junior Gents Longbow winner was Gary McDonald with a score of 174, 36 hits and 1 gold.

The New Comers Trophy went to Tony Mayhew who joined the Club after the January Beginners Course he scored 432. The hidden score prize went to Rhys Smith with a score of 147, a great achievement as this was the first time that he had shot his new bow. The Pairs Trophies went to Wendy Skinner and Alan Davies with a combined score of 1112. The Handicap Trophy for the highest handicap adjusted score went to Emily Thorpe with an adjusted score of 1461.

Mary and Paul had the pleasure of presenting the two trophies that they kindly donated to the club for the first time these are awarded for the highest number of golds by an unrewarded archer. The Mary Sproson Cup was awarded to Brian Skinner for 16 golds and the Paul Sproson Cup was awarded to Mandy Cox for 9 golds.

The winners of the Winter Club League received their awards, the Senior winner was Jean Asher and the Junior winner was Jack Pollard.

Others who took part were Richard Asher, Anne Davies, Michael Daymond, Roly Cox, Kaye Mundy, Gordon Parker, Will Pollitt and Jill Gornall.

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Many thanks to all who made the day such a success, especially to Bob Tonkin who did the scoring, electronically (perhaps a first for the club champs?), Jill Gornall who prepared the information for Bob, Susan Custance who organised, and to Andrew Powell who became the official photographer after complaints about my photographic equipment, Andrew I think you have got yourself a permanent job!!